Divan
Zeitgeist Films | Release Date: March 17, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
The serious struggle in this lilting doc is told with an inviting light touch and a big heart. Read full review
80
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Warmhearted but unsentimental, touching but not mawkish, clever but never cute, Divan is almost miraculously modest. Read full review
80
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Gluck, an oral historian, has the magpie eye of a born collector of objects, people and ideas, a cheeky appreciation for the ironies life drops on us, and enough of an open mind to let her odyssey lead her where it may. Read full review
75
New York PostLou Lumenick
You don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy Divan, an absolutely charming first-person documentary about a young ex-Hasidic woman determined to re-connect with her roots on her own terms. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The picture makes up in energy and high spirits what it lacks in structure and style. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Warm and engaging. Read full review
70
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Offers a testimonial to the devastation caused in Hungary by the Holocaust, a glimpse into the richness of Yiddish folklore, a passive-aggressive assault on the patriarchal fastness of Hasidic orthodoxy and a vast self-reflexive joke. Read full review
70
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Divan overcomes its stylistic clichés only because Gluck's story is rich, and because it comes to a knockout finish. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
At just under 80 minutes, Gluck's film would make a perfect double bill with "Trembling Before G-d," Sandi Simcha DuBowski's acclaimed documentary about gay Orthodox Jews who, like Gluck, have found themselves caught between their love for their religious heritage and all the secular possibilities they could no longer ignore. Read full review
70
Washington PostMark Jenkins
A charming and astute first-person documentary. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
The result is a touching and humorous documentary that for all its enlightening scope, encompassing centuries of religious and cultural history and a physical voyage of thousands of miles, is ultimately a deceptively simple tale of a daughter trying to reconnect with her father across two boroughs. Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen Holden
If Divan is often fascinating, it is sometimes frustrating. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleJonathan Curiel
Too self-indulgent. Read full review
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